The relationship of Personality Traits and Academic and Social Self Efficacies of Learning Disabilities (LD) Learners

Authors

  • Norazlem Abd Hamid School of Education and Modern Languages, College of Arts & Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Moop Echee School of Education and Modern Languages, College of Arts & Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Abderrahim Benlahcene School of Education and Modern Languages, College of Arts & Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Anita Lubana Department of Botany, Government Girls College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Keywords:

Big Five personality, learning disabilities, academic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy

Abstract

This paper examined the relationship between Big Five personality traits (OCEAN) and academic and  social self-efficacies of learning disabilities (LD) learners. A total of 89 LD learners aged 10 to 19 years  old completed questionnaires measuring Big-Five personality traits (International Personality Item Pool,  IPIP), academic self-efficacy (Academic Efficacy scale from the Manual for the Patterns of Adaptive  Learning Scales, MPAL), and social self-efficacy (Social Competence Rating Scale for Children, SCRSC).  Pearson correlation shows that personality traits that have a significant relationship with academic and  social self-efficacies were openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness while neuroticism  does not have a significant relationship with both academic and social self-efficacies. Implications for  future intervention are also being discussed. 

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Hamid, N.A., Echee, M., Benlahcene, A., & Lubana, A. (2020). The relationship of Personality Traits and Academic and Social Self Efficacies of Learning Disabilities (LD) Learners . South Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1(1), 9–24. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/sajssh/article/view/1121